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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Niklas Pollard, Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander

UNCOVERED: Swedes head to polls in close run election marked by crime energy crisis | History Defined

A person casts a ballot at a polling station in Stockholm, Sweden, September 11, 2022. Pontus Lundahl/TT News Agency/via REUTERS

Sweden's right bloc inched into the narrowest of leads with around 90% of votes counted after Sunday's general election, with results pointing to a new government after eight years of Social Democrat rule.

Early on Monday, figures showed the Moderates, Sweden Democrats, Christian Democrats and Liberals winning 176 seats in the 349-seat parliament against 173 for the centre-left.

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